**~*~~** WHA??!! You can't be serious??**~*~**

***TWINS***

Yes!! You heard me!! Twins!! My hubby and I have just had our wee Charlie in our lives for 18months and finally had our fabulously FUN and FANTASTIC wedding day, only to have the next big bomb in our lives.....WE ARE HAVING TWINS!!! 

The shock and bewilderment is still setting in as this news is NUTS! Neither my husband nor myself have any history of twins in our lineage.....How does this happen?

However, this news is of course great, shocking, but great. But now comes an entirely different adventure....that comes wrapped in worry and stress as I fear for the healthy arrival of not 1 but 2 babies. 

Hence why I have started up this writing gig yet again. I am going to need some time to let it all out, get the thoughts from my head to paper and allow my stress to be released through type. 

So welcome to my blog. Welcome to the wonderful adventures of a natural conception set of Twins. 

So the bumpy road so far......

The day after our wedding (August 19th 2012). 

We pee on stick to find (without shock) that we are expecting baby number 2. The wonder of the home tests these days is they show you (loosely) just how pregnant you are,  so we were 3+ weeks......apparently. 

Wednesday, September 19th ......just one month from discovery day.

I take Charlie back to the Barrie Midwives office for our first baby appointment. As I lay back to have my belly examined, Charlie watched with concern as they blue goo my tummy. 

TADA!!! Heart beat.....a nice strong rhythmic beat. My heart relaxed with relief as my Midwife Agnes told me BABY.....as in ONE, was strong and healthy sounding. Charlie hugged me as I sat up which of course melted my heart even more. My little girl was relieved as well, but probably more for the fact that I wasn't being beamed away with the magic blue gel and radio attached to my belly. 

Friday, September 21st 2012 

This is the morning of the BIG NEWS!! 

I had asked my Dad to come with me as Hubby was sadly working so someone could watch my little lady while I was having our first ultrasound. 

The blobby picture starts to show up on the technicians screen, I whisper to Dad & Charlie to come see. Dad, joker that he thinks he is, says " OOOH TWINS".  I reply with the obvious "Whatever Dad! Don't be a jackass!".  The lovely technician Murielle, says sweetly "yes dear, there are two. You didn't know?" 

WHAT??!! Of course I didn't know! You have to be kidding me!! My instant shock was overwhelming and the stress instantly took over.....for a matter of second until Murielle started to explore the wee pods that the little ones Twin A & Twin B are floating around in. 

Suddenly the maternal side of me finally kicks in. Yes, I do have one. The stress is still there, but now the panick has been replaced with motherly worry. 

Everything looking great! The babies are a good size (both being the same size), nice strong heart beats (BOTH of them), and lovely for me....nice large heads. Our Twins are called DI-DI, which basically means they are the best types of Twin set ups. 

I stop in at Babies Daddy's work to let him in on the big news......blank stare as his numb brain tries to absorb this startling news. To be honest, I'm not sure that four days later it has set in even now. 

With this new discovery comes an entirely new topic for me to research. With this type of reading comes a wave of emotions from worry and stress to happiness and delight while reading the experiences of other mothers and their bumpy roads through a multiple birth. 

And thus, our adventure begins.......can you see the two? Or as my husband likes to call them "Odyssey & Quest".

**New Concept**

Well, since my little baby Charlie has arrived we have been having loads of Mummy daughter time. But in my own time (few and far between) I have become somewhat of a DIY crafter of sorts.
I am now going to post some of my creations here on my blog. Feel free to comment, criticize, share your crafter stories etc. I enjoy any interaction at all.
Sewing is the main game, but I am also marrying the man of dreams (and Charlie's Dad) this summer coming up and we will be crafting up many things for our special day. Yes when I say "we" of course I mean Me. lol
I hope you enjoy the pics, posts and stories.
Cheers =D

*****D-DAY!!!!! ...that is delivery due date*****

Well the day is finally here!! 


Funny has how it has seemed like forever ago and yet just yesterday that we found out we were pregnant, all at the same time. Our little bambino is due to be here.....dum dum dum.....TODAY!!! Now it is the waiting game that all pregnant Mums dread. I am off work now and the lists are complete. Cleaned the entire house? Check. Done all of the laundry? Check. Food prepared for freezer (which I wouldn't even have done had I not been bored out of my mind)? Check. Baby room 100% ready for wee one to come home? Check. What else is there to do?!! It is almost excruciating to endure the wait wait and more waiting. 


I am filling my evenings when my man heads to work with long walks, yoga, reading, endless wanderings around our teenie little home to try to find something to keep my brain occupied oh yes and of course trying any and all of the methods all of those crazy myths that are out there to induce labour naturally. It is just too funny that I am complaining about being bored, but for a go go woman this is a tough tough time. 


And what does a woman who has time on her hands end up doing through all of these attempts at minimizing the agonizingly slow days before baby? Her mind goes into overdrive!! 
All of the silly or not so silly things, but the things you weren't worried about of course now start to creep slowly into the day. 
You know the ones..... breastfeeding: can I do it? What if I can't?..... no longer being alone with your other half (yes you now have to learn to share)?.... sleep, oh yes the dreaded sleep. Will you cope? etc.etc.etc.
All of these things filter in and out of my head as I wait for the little monkey. I have to remain patient (not so easy) and know that we will be fine. Our wee family will be wonderful with or without worry. 
So we now start the negative countdown.......so unless this baby decides to meet the beloved Mother Earth in the 3.5 hrs......tomorrow will be a -1 day. 


Soooo.....fingers and toes crossed...but not our legs!!! COME ON BABY!! We want to meet you! =D

5 days.....

And today marks the five day check point until the for casted due date of my wee babies arrival into this World.
FIVE DAYS!! I can hardly believe it on one hand and on the other I am dying for this little one to arrive. To come into our lives and teach us what it is to be selfless, humble and joyous in just the mere glance at our little child.

I am so excited for our little one to meet his or her Dad too. He is wonderful. And although his nerves have been on edge and I can sense his anxiety in the babies arrival, I know he will be great!! I know our little pin ball wizard will love his Dad's sense of humour, his adventurous soul and his heart that grows with each sunny day and kick that our little bundle to be produces.

So 4 more sleeps....wrest less, uncomfortable, tossing and turning sleeps.

6 days and counting.

Yep! That's right! 6 days... Sleep is getting tougher at night. I'm not sure if it is the discomfort of this little monkey hanging on for dear life to my rib cage or of course if the anxiousness of my mind racing that keeps my eyes a flutter. Well fingers crossed that this wee one wants to come visit us early so Momma at least has company while she's awake. :)

Wandering Sherpa: One week until the final departure....

Wandering Sherpa: One week until the final departure....: "And here we are....ONE WEEK TO GO!!! As I sit here, or should I say not at all sitting, wandering aimlessly my mind is brought back into t..."

One week until the final departure....

And here we are....ONE WEEK TO GO!!!


As I sit here, or should I say not at all sitting, wandering aimlessly my mind is brought back into the thoughts of the past nine months. 
Over the past nine months I have been growing this little pin ball inside me and loving almost every minute. The most amazing thing is feeling the wizard making his/her debut in the pin ball world. Bouncing, kicking, hick ups, all of the little movements that remind me that this bump I am carrying isn't simply a large meal or a weekend of indulging in my favourite treats. 
 In one week, fingers crossed, this bundle will be making it's departure from the cozy comforts of me and arrive into this wide World. We, my hubby and I, are so excited to finally meet him or her it is hard to keep still and get the rest everyone so insistently keeps instructing me to "get now, it will be the last time you will get it for a long long time". 


However, the anxiousness and of course sense of anxiety that has been slowly approaching inside of my mind is now here full on! I know in my heart that all will be as it will be. We will accept all that comes with this new adventure and although anxious, the excitement is overwhelming. 


I can't wait to see the little one in this world. To meet us both, to learn and grow with us. To meet their wonderful Dad and all of the fun that he is and will bring to such a sweet little ones life each and every day. To bring this past nine months to an end and on to the next mountain in our baby's life's adventure.


7 days and counting until I get to hold this little one in my arms and wrap my heart wholly around this experience. Around this tiny little life that will be ours to care for and nurture with all of our being until they take the adventure into their own grown hands with vim and vigor.


Come on little Pin Ball Wizard....we are counting down......7.....